Sun Conference Softball Championship Tournament Set to Begin
Tournament Headquarters
CLERMONT, Fla. – The Sun Conference Softball Championship Tournament is set to begin this week at the Legends Way Ballfields at PFX Athletics, which also will host the NAIA Softball World Series later in May.
Six teams qualified to play in The Sun Conference Championship with the double-elimination format beginning with four games Thursday. Five games are scheduled for Friday which will set up Saturday’s championship matchup with the winner earning an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship Opening Round.
The unofficial kickoff to the tournament comes Wednesday night, when the All-Sun Conference team and superlative awards will be announced at the annual awards banquet.
Tournament play begins at 11 a.m. Thursday with no. 4 seed USCB (30-20, 12-12 TSC) taking on no. 5 seed Webber International (18-19, 10-14). No. 3 seed Warner (33-13, 17-7) will face No. 6 seed Keiser (21-18, 9-15) in the second game at 1:30 p.m. The winner of USCB-Webber International will then play top-seeded Thomas (35-13, 19-5) at 4 p.m. Thursday’s final game will feature no. 2 seed Southeastern (39-13, 18-6) vs. the winner of the Warner-Keiser game.
Play resumes at Friday with two elimination games, followed by the winner’s bracket final and two more elimination games. The championship game is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Saturday with a second game to follow if necessary.
Thomas earned the number one seed by winning The Sun Conference regular season with a 19-5 conference record. Southeastern finished second in the conference standings, one game behind Thomas. Warner earned the third seed in the tournament after finishing two games back of Thomas in the regular season standings. USCB, Webber International and Keiser finished fourth through sixth in the regular season to round out the tournament field.
The tournament features three teams ranked in the most recent edition of the NAIA Coaches Top 25 Poll. Thomas is ranked 14th, while Southeastern (#21) and Warner (#24) are also ranked nationally.
Warner is the defending tournament champions having won last year's Sun Conference Championship with a win over Southeastern in the 2017 championship game.
Live stats and live streaming video of each game will be provided through Stretch Internet at
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